Ukraine Antigovernment Protests Revived

Thousands Rally in Response to Use of Force Against Demonstrators

By

James Marson

Jan. 12, 2014 2:09 p.m. ET

MOSCOW—Antigovernment protests in Ukraine sparked back to life on Sunday as tens of thousands gathered in central Kiev, fueled by the beating by riot police of demonstrators including former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, now a protest leader.

Numbers had dwindled over the Christmas and New Year holidays at protests against President Viktor Yanukovych's rejection of an integration pact with the European Union in favor of a deal...